Chrysanthemum plant named &#39;zanmuflaminpine&#39;

ABSTRACT

A  chrysanthemum  plant named ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with two-toned salmon ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 6 (week 36); blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

BOTANICAL DESIGNATION

Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

CULTIVAR DENOMINATION

‘Zanmuflaminpine’

RELATED CULTIVARS

The new plant is related to ‘Zanmuflamin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,589) . The new cultivar is a mutant of ‘Zanmuflamin’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat., commercially known as a garden mum, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar denomination ‘Zanmuflaminpine’. The new plant is a product of a breeding and selection program which had the objective of finding color mutants from existing parent plants. The new plant comprises a whole plant mutant of the parent ‘Zanmuflamin’. Plants from the new cultivar ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ differ from plants of the parent in the color of the ray-florets; the color in the mutant is two-toned salmon, while it is purple in the parent.

The new cultivar was discovered as a color mutant in April 2006 by Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom in a controlled environment (greenhouse) in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ was accomplished when after planting of the mutant as a motherplant in Rijsenhout, vegetative cuttings from this mutant were taken and propagated further in. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention of a new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum is shown in the accompanying drawings, the color being as nearly true as possible with color photographs of this type.

FIG. 1 shows a plant of the cultivar in full bloom.

FIG. 2 shows the various stages of blooms of the new cultivar.

FIG. 3 shows the various stages of foliage of the new cultivar.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The observations and measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands, under natural day length and temperature and planted in week 23 in 2010. The natural blooming date of this crop was September 6 (week 36). The average height of the plants was 32 cm. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insects resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold or drought resistance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms with two-toned salmon ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ is ‘Zanmuflamin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,589) and ‘Zanmuflamincran’ (U.S. Plant patent application Pending), another mutant developed from the same parent. When ‘Zanmuflamin’, ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ and ‘Zanmuflamincran’ are being compared the following difference is noticed: The color of the ray-florets is purple in ‘Zanmuflamin’, red-purple in ‘Zanmuflamincran’ and salmon in ‘Zanmuflaminpine’.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ as a new and distinct variety.

The color designations are taken from the plant itself. Accordingly, any discrepancies between the color designations and the colors depicted in the photographs are due to photographic tolerances. The color chart used in this description is: The Royal Horticultural Society Colour chart, edition 2001.

TABLE 1 Detailed Botanical Description Bud Size Small; cross-section 6 mm, height 4 mm Shape Round Texture Pubescent Outside Color Greyed-green 191 A Phyllaries Number 20, arranged in 3 rows Shape Elliptic Apex Acute Base Truncate Margin Entire Color Upper surface: Green 138A Lower surface: Green 138B Length and width 4 mm; 2 mm Texture Pubescent Inflorescences Type Double Height 2 cm Diameter 4.5-.55 cm Peduncle length    9-10 cm Peduncle color Yellow-green 146C Peduncle diameter 2 mm Peduncle texture Pubescent Number per branch Approx. 7 inflorescences Duration of flowering 5 weeks Seeds Produced in small quantities, ovate, Greyed-brown 199A, length 1.5 mm, diameter 0.5 mm Fragrance Faint chrysanthemum odor Color Center of inflorescences Immature stage: Orange 25C Mature stage: Yellow-orange 20D Color of upper surface of the Yellow-White 158B to Greyed-purple ray-florets 186B at apex Color of the lower surface Yellow-White 158B to Greyed-purple of the ray-florets 182C at apex Tonality from Distance A garden mum with two-toned salmon blooms Color of the ray-florets after Yellow-white 158C to Greyed-purple aging of the plant 186D at edge Ray florets Texture Upper and lower surface smooth Number 190-210 Shape Elliptic Apex Dentate Base Attenuate Cross-section Flat to convex Longitudinal axis of Straight majority Length of corolla tube   3-4 mm Ray-floret margin Entire Ray-floret length 2-2.4 cm Ray-floret width   4-5 mm Ratio length/width High Disc florets Absent Receptacle Color Yellow-green 144D Shape Domed raised Height 35 mm Diameter  4 mm Reproductive Organs Androecium Absent Gynoecium Present in ray florets Style color Yellow-green 154C Style Length 3 mm Stigma color Yellow 7A Stigma Width 1 mm Ovary Enclosed in calyx Plant Form Grown as a spray type pot mum, outdoor raised and mounded Growth habit Spherical shape Growth rate Medium to high Height 35 cm Width 57 cm Stem Color Greyed-brown 199A Stem Strength Strong Stem Brittleness Not brittle Stem Anthocyanin Coloration Greyed-purple 185C Internode length 2-3 cm Length of lateral branch From top to bottom 20 cm Lateral branch color Green 137 C Lateral branch, attachment Strong Lateral branch diameter  2 mm Branching (average number Prolific with 8-10 breaks after of lateral branches) pinching Natural season blooming date September 6 (week 36) Foliage Leaf color Upper side: Green N138B Lower side: Green 138C Color midvein Upper side: Yellow-green 147D Lower side: Yellow-green 148D Size Small; length 3-5 cm, width 2.5-4 cm Quantity (number per lateral 18-20 branch) Shape Elliptic Texture upper side Sparsely pubescent Texture under side Pubescent Venation arrangement Palmate Shape of the margin Serrated Shape of Base of Sinus Rounded Between Lateral Lobes Margin of Sinus Between Diverging Lateral Lobes Shape of Base Attenuate to truncate Apex Mucronulate Petiole length  8-10 mm Petiole diameter 2 mm Petiole color Yellow-green 147D

TABLE 2 Differences with the comparison varieties ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ ‘Zanmuflamincran’ ‘Zanmuflamin’ Color upper- Yellow-white 158B Yellow 6B at base to Red-Purple58A surface ray at base to Greyed- Red 47A at most part florets purple 186C at most part 

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ as described and illustrated. 